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Author(s) -
Sherman Richard A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/sdi.12604
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , library science , computer science
Initiating dialysis with a catheter rather than a fistula increases mortality risk. However, patients starting dialysis with a catheter after a failed fistula attempt have a lower mortality risk than those never having a fistula attempted (HR 0.66); their mortality was not much worse than that of patients initiating dialysis with a fistula (HR 0.50). Data are from a study of >100,000 HD patients ≥67 years old.